<p>“Husbands from 18 to 44 are strikingly healthier than bachelors of the same age” and it starts right after marrage with ‘Touch Therapy’</p>
<p>Parade Magazine 6/19/06</p>
<p>I tend to agree with that</p>
<p>but the opportunity costs are huge. Haha I mean you are healthier but not wealthier.</p>
<p>Showed that article to my wife this morning. Told her we need more hugs… and other stuff! LOL</p>
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Ummmmmmmm, can we get a morning update tomorrow? Just curious as to whether or not your request was honored…<em>lol</em> ;)</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>Men are just… different</p>
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<p>Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, since maximum benefit is reached “immediately before,” there must be diminishing returns in continuing?? <em>lol</em> :D</p>
<p>First there were all those Viagra, Cialis, Levitra ads. Now this. Barf. I actually hid this magazine from H (and the kids). Don’t fall for it, ladies. Men. . . different? Nope–they’re all the same. (BTW, he doesn’t really need a wife for that oxytocin surge, does he? Aren’t single guys getting their surges, too?)</p>
<p>“A man is not complete until he is married, and then he is done for”</p>
<p>Don’t know the source for that one</p>
<p>“Yes, married men live longer than single men the same way an indoor cat lives longer than an outdoor cat”</p>
<p>Bill Maher</p>
<p>…but married women die sooner! Y’all suck the life out of us. ;)</p>
<p>Ariesathena…that’s funny!</p>
<p>“…but married women die sooner! Y’all suck the life out of us.”…come on ariesa stop spreading rumors.</p>
<p>Death is sexist. According to the Social Security trustees report for 2005, a 65-year old man today is expected to live until age 82 on average, while a 65-year old woman is expected to live to 85. But, these are averagesneither promises nor sentences.</p>
<p>Is marriage good medicine for women? The jury is out on this one.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the New York Times article reporting on a study comparing happiness of various segments of the population?</p>
<p>Happiest group: Married men
Next Happiest Group: Single, divorced, or widowed women with plenty of money.</p>
<p>Hmmm.</p>
<p>The Parade Magazine article may simply be confusing cause with effect. Women are rather ruthless in selecting men for their genetic fitness. Melancholy, sickly men have trouble persuading women to marry them, and are thus more likely to be single.</p>
<p>Whereas men love to marry melancholy, sickly women, thus explaining why unmarried women test happier, as they are just more robust…</p>
<p>wasn’t there a movie in which Goldie Hawn progressively becomes richer by marrying sickly men? I think several of her husbands died making love to her.</p>